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The Department of Health and Social Care has put before parliament amendments to legislation that will allow the qualifications of pharmacists from the EU to be recognised in the UK in the event of a no-deal Brexit.

The Brexit political agreement does not guarantee ties with the European Medicines Agency, despite government ministers emphasising the importance of the need for close relationships with the drugs safety organisation in 2017.

Drug manufacturers and health industry leaders have demanded a meeting with health and social care secretary Matt Hancock after warning that the government’s current medicines supply plans will not suffice in the event of a ‘no-deal’ Brexit.

Sir Chris Wormald, permanent secretary of the Department of Health and Social Care, was unable to reassure MPs that UK patients would still get the essential medicines they need if there is a no-deal Brexit.